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Topic: Here's an odd one.... (Read 874 times)

I was wondering if anyone else had noticed this unusually shaped and proportioned Barovier & Toso piece currently listed on Ebay-#190378858665. The finish on the top of the rim seems rather odd also. :huh:Anybody else thinking what I'm thinking? Also, is it just me, or does it seem that there have been ALOT of figurines(singles and pairs) surfacing lately?

I had a heavy glass tumbler and plate that had this type of cane section on the rim. I went back and forth between thinking it was old Venetian or French. Please let us know what you are thinking. It may help me solve an old mystery.

Hi Anita-Many thanks for your contributions of information and insight.....The base on this vase appears to be out of proportion to the height of the piece(too wide). When I saw the top of the rim, it seemed too "unfinished" for a Barovier & Toso piece. I know that the attribution is correct because I have a vase in exactly the same color and cane pattern, but it is one of the vases with the turned-down collar pictured in Pina's "Italian Glass,Century 20" book. This actually looks like(literally) the bottom half of one of those vases in the 12" version-the height measurement given in the posting seems to bear this out. Of course, this is just speculation on my part.

Very perceptive, glasslover. I compared the vase to three of the Barovier & Toso vases that I have taken pictures of. The thickened rim on top of the base and the way the pedestal joins the body of the vase is the same. The only difference I see is that my vases have a swirl to the latticino of the foot, while the eBay vase does not. Of course, mine also have the tops on them. IMO, you are probably right. Good catch!